I'm the most misunderstood, misquoted person I know, honestly.

I have tried sex with both men and women. I found I liked it.

I find it an effort to keep up appearances.

My affections are easily swayed and I can be very unfaithful.

I just decided I wanted to become someone else... So I became someone else.

I was a nothing kid. Not particularly good. Not particularly bad.

I'd love to retouch my whole life.

Hell, have I been a hell-raiser!

Sometimes you have to let people down in order to get on, particularly in showbusiness.

Somehow I took whatever criticism there was very much to heart.

My sexuality has never been a problem to me but I think it has been for other people.

I wouldn't know how to handle serenity if somebody handed it to me on a plate.

It's marvellous to be popular, but foolish to think it will last.

I'm the most misunderstood, misquoted person I know, honestly.

A lot of people say I'm bent, and I've heard it so many times that I've almost learned to accept it.

A star for every State, and a State for every star.

The tears live in an onion that should water this sorrow.

The key to holding a logical argument or debate is to allow oneself to understand the other persons argument no matter how divergent their views may seem.

I was just 20 years old when I wrote Broken Arrow.

Torture is an impermissible evil. Except under two circumstances. The first is the ticking time bomb. An innocent's life is at stake. The bad guy you have captured possesses information that could save this life. He refuses to divulge. In such a case, the choice is easy.

For the first time since her return she felt pain a violent pain but it made her feel alive because it was worth feeling.

I know black kids who don't even know any other black kids except their cousins. And that's enough. You wouldn't look at these kids and say that they are Uncle Toms or self-hating or fleeing or trying to be white, given the culture in which they live, which is very natural to them as kids.

Think about the photo before and after, never during. The secret is to take your time. You mustn't go too fast. The subject must forget about you. Then, however, you must be very quick.

A lot has been written and said about why he was so great, but I think the best way to appreciate his greatness is just to go back and play some of the old records. Time has a way of being very unkind to old records, but Elvis' keep getting better and better.

I've always thought the back is one of the most beautiful parts of a woman. I've created four versions of the front-to-back necklace which actually gives you two necklaces in one. I love the way they swing and catch the light as a woman is walking away. You almost want to pull on it and stop her!

Over the years, I've had hundreds of shots blocked. You've got to go in and take chances.

Reality TV to me is the museum of social decay.

Every true Christian is a soldier - of Christ - a hero 'par excellence'! Braver than the bravest - scorning the soft seductions of peace and her oft-repeated warnings against hardship, disease, danger, and death, whom he counts among his bosom friends.

Today, the news is scandals; that is news, but the many children who don't have food - that's not news. This is grave. We can't rest easy while things are this way.

History shows that our way of life is the stronger way. From it has come more wealth, more industry, more happiness, more human enlightenment than from any other way.

What I wanted more than anything was a long career.

It isn't only a new year, it is a new chance for everyone to restart.

I played English football - soccer - instead of American football, because we couldn't afford the equipment.

We weren't radical chic. Jane Fonda embarrassed me. We belonged to no political parties. Basically, we were vaudevillians.

When I travel round the country, people can't place my accent; if there's someone in the audience, they'll be like, 'You're from Philadelphia', but everyone else will say, 'Where are you from, California?' I get England sometimes - bizarre!

The Latin root of the word 'politics' means 'of the people.' Politics is about something bigger than electoral politics; in that sense, I feel like I'm already involved.

The meaning of words has become so blurred by past usage that 'abstract' is identified with 'vague' and 'unreal,' and 'inwardness' with a sort of traditional beatitude... The conception of the word 'plastic' has also been limited by individual interpretations.

I am for my beloved, and my beloved is for me.

Family is very important to me. People often ask me how I managed to stay grounded and sane, having started as a child star and growing up in the industry, and really, it's God. But it's also my family and God in my family.